diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/au/audiality2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/au/audiality2/package.nix
index 61e83d4fac5d..d6c6e328fa7d 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/au/audiality2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/au/audiality2/package.nix
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     sha256 = "0ipqna7a9mxqm0fl9ggwhbc7i9yxz3jfyi0w3dymjp40v7jw1n20";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail \
+      'cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)' \
+      'cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)'
+  '';
+
   nativeBuildInputs = [
     cmake
     pkg-config
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bo/bowtie2/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bo/bowtie2/package.nix
index 5286edb36f81..7349d505e7ce 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bo/bowtie2/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bo/bowtie2/package.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   # TODO: check with other distros and report upstream
   postPatch = ''
     substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
-      --replace "-m64" ""
+      --replace-fail "-m64" "" \
+      --replace-fail 'cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1 FATAL_ERROR)' \
+        'cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5 FATAL_ERROR)'
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/bu/bustools/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/bu/bustools/package.nix
index d42e48bf131f..4951b32c5115 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/bu/bustools/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/bu/bustools/package.nix
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ zlib ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail \
+      'cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)' \
+      'cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)'
+  '';
+
   passthru.tests.version = testers.testVersion {
     package = bustools;
     command = "bustools version";
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/cl/clfft/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/cl/clfft/package.nix
index e81f6aac8ceb..5c1ed6fba19c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/cl/clfft/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/cl/clfft/package.nix
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postPatch = ''
     sed -i '/-m64/d;/-m32/d' CMakeLists.txt
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail \
+      'cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 2.6 )' \
+      'cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.5 ) '
   '';
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/qs/qstopmotion/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/qs/qstopmotion/package.nix
index 83913cf2905a..52e0d17f564b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/qs/qstopmotion/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/qs/qstopmotion/package.nix
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt \
       --replace-fail \
         "find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Widgets Xml" \
-        "find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Widgets Xml Multimedia"
+        "find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Widgets Xml Multimedia" \
+      --replace-fail \
+        "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.2)" \
+        "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)"
     grep -rl 'qwt' . | xargs sed -i 's@<qwt/qwt_slider.h>@<qwt_slider.h>@g'
   '';
 
diff --git a/pkgs/games/chiaki/default.nix b/pkgs/games/chiaki/default.nix
index 608664d61ad5..03e5c528ac2f 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/chiaki/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/chiaki/default.nix
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ mkDerivation rec {
     pkg-config
   ];
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace CMakeLists.txt --replace-fail \
+    'cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.2)' \
+    'cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)'
+  '';
+
   buildInputs = [
     ffmpeg
     libopus